Sister M. Carmelita Heslin, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Tuesday, August 7, 1928, at St. Joseph’s Convent in Danville, PA.

She was born on February 17, 1876 in Inkerman, PA, and given the name Catharine (Kate). She was the daughter of the late Peter and Ellen Moran Heslin. Before entering the community, she was a teacher in the Inkerman/Pittston public schools. She entered the IHM Congregation on October 2, 1901, received the religious habit on April 1, 1902, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1904.

Sister Carmelita served as a teacher at All Saints School in Masontown, PA, and St. Joseph School in Danville, PA, from 1914 until the time of her death. She also taught at schools located in Scranton and Pittsburgh, PA.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, James and Bernard, and a sister, Ellen Gannon.

She is survived by three sisters, Celia, Sister Mary Gretecious, RSCJ, and Sister M. Egidius, IHM; and nieces and nephews, including Reverend William King of Pittsburgh, PA, and Reverend Gerald King of Brooklyn, NY.

The funeral will be Friday, August 10 at 8:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Davnille, PA. Friends may call on Thursday between 4:00 and 7:00 pm, and Friday morning between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Convent, Danville.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, August 11 at Mount St. Mary’s Motherhouse in Scranton, PA. Interment will be at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Friday after 2:00 p.m. and Saturday morning before the funeral at Mount St. Mary’s Motherhouse.

“Sister Carmelita Dies At Convent
Teacher At St. Joseph’s Parochial School For 14 Years

Sister Mary Carmelita, who for the past fourteen years has been a teacher in St. Joseph’s parochial school, died in the local convent on Bloom street at … yesterday afternoon.

Sister Carmelita before joining the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart some twenty-five years ago, was Miss Catherine Heslin, daughter of the late Peter and Ellen Heslin of Inkerman, near Pittston, Pa. For some years before becoming a nun, she taught in the public school of her native town. Sister Carmelita was a brilliant and scholarly woman, versed in the arts and sciences and most efficient in music.

Many of the youths of St. Joseph’s parish passed through the grades she taught and all remember and revere the years that brought them under her refining influence. She will be greatly missed by the people of St. Joseph’s congregation, especially by the young. Her name for years has been a household word in every home in the parish. She was dear to every man, woman and child in the congregation and known and revered by many outside St. Joseph’s parish.

Since becoming a nun, Sister Carmelita has taught at Masontown, Pa., Pittsburgh and Scranton, spending her last fourteen years here in Danville.

Sister Carmelita is survived by her sister, also a nun, Sister Egedius (sic), who has been with her during the past month; Sister M. Mary of the Order of the Sacred Heart, New York City; Miss Cecilia Heslin, New York City, and two nephews, Rev. Father William King of Pittsburgh, and Rev. Father Gerald King, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Funeral services will be held in St. Joseph’s church at 8.30 Friday morning. The body will be taken to Scranton on the 10.38 D.L. and W. train Friday morning and will be in repose at the motherhouse of the Immaculate Heart Order till Saturday morning when the final funeral service will be held. More than eight hundred sisters who are at the mother house for the summer will attend the funeral.

At the funeral service here Friday morning Father Daugherty will be celebrant of the mass, assisted by Fathers William and Gerald King and other priests.

The pallbearers will be the six outside church collectors. All other male members of the parish are invited to be honorary bearers.

The body of Sister Carmelita may be viewed in the convent parlor this afternoon from 4 to 7 o’clock, and between 8 and 8.30 tomorrow morning.”

The Morning News · Danville, Pennsylvania · Thursday, August 9, 1928 · Page 1